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This is one of the fake Macmillan cancer letters made by a teacher who lied and said she had cancer in an attempt to scam £19,000 from a fundraiser.

Keera Brayford, 25, produced fake sick notes from made-up doctors after she told friends and family she had three types of tumours.

The former sociology teacher was only caught when a colleagues at Thomas Sutton Academy in St Helens suspected the documents were forged.

Keera Brayford, 25, cried after a court heard how she fooled even her own mum and dad (Picture: Liverpool Echo)

Brayford narrowly avoided jail last week, after a court heard how she invented a non-existent chemotherapy regime and convinced well-wishers to donate cash for new alternative treatments as normal methods ‘had not worked’.

One of her bogus letters said: ‘I am writing to confirm the decision made on the case put forward by Dr N Smith on your behalf in regards to fully funding or part funding your alternative treatments, you have been put forward for, that come to a cost of £120,000.’

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The coffee-stained and grammatically incorrect text added: ‘I am pleased to announce that Macmillan Cancer Care Support have made the decision to part fund your treatment, offering £104,000 to put towards your treatments.

‘Once you have secured the remaining amount, please let your Macmillan nurse know and we shall release the funds.

‘As mentioned by D N Smith, there is a time limit of six months to secure the remaining amounts for the treatment.’

The letter in full (Picture: Liverpool Echo)

Jessica James was one well-wisher who raised money for Brayford, handing over £40 to the Knowsley woman’s cause.

Jessica James donated £40 to the Knowsley woman’s cause and wrote on social media at the time: ‘Keera is an amazing person, so caring and wonderful, she’s going through a horrid experience, and needs all the help she can get to relax and focus on her health – cancer is evil.’

The message was linked to on Brayford’s own JustGiving page which asked: ‘The question was, what would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me.’

But now, after Brayford’s conviction, Ms James told Liverpool Echo: ‘I am shocked, angry and confused. I met Keera when I was about 16 in 2008, I think.

‘We were in the same theatre company, Kaboom. She taught me how to apply eyelashes and do make-up better and comforted me for ages when I was made homeless at 17.

‘She was the nicest, sweetest person ever. I’m just heartbroken. I genuinely didn’t believe it when I saw the story. I doubted it fully, I’m still in shock.

She managed to raise £19,000 on Just Giving (Picture: Liverpool Echo)

‘But I feel like I needed to rant and share my anger, heartbreak and shock.’